Clockwork Prince Summary

I finally finished Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare on Sunday night and I thought that I might do a summary on it now that I have read it all the way through.

Clockwork Prince was set in a time period of the mid 1800's. Considering this time period the main character, Tessa, has a few more struggles than she would have today. In the beginning The Branwells ran the London Institute and nobody questioned wether they were fit for the job. But as time goes on, we find out she has had a spy for The Magister living under her roof, twice! This spy was first Nate Gray, Tessa's brother. This happened in the first book. But now her second is Jessamine Lovelace.Jessamine has been at the Institute since she was a little girl. She has always disliked being a shadowhunter, but has had to live with the "burden", all though most people wouldn't call it a burden, for her whole life. She has always wanted a mundane, or human, husband. And it just so happens that Nate is as mundane as they come, and his looks don't hurt either.They find this out because the houses maid, Sophie, found an invitation from Nate to go to a ball and while Jessamine is sleeping, Tessa Changes into Jessamine using her powers as a warlock so they think. Tessa goes to the masquerade ball with Will to ask Nate questions about Mortmain under Jessamine's name. While there they find out a few more things than they thought they would. Jessamine and Nate are married. Gabriel Lightwood has a relationship with a demon which is illegal, and has a purpose later in the story. And that tessa and Will both drink warlock powder which lowers their inhabitions. Later while they are leaving Will finds the demon that put a curse on him when he was 12 years old and chaces hime down. The whole time everyone at the Institute thought they were one step ahead in finding The Magister who you find out is Axel Mortmain. But as it turns out Jessamine is telling Nate, who then passes on the information to Mortmain, all of their plans and locations. When the Branwells find out that Jessamine has been spying on them they put her under The Mortal Sword which forces all of the shadowhunters to tell the truth when held. Jessamine tells Charlotte Branwell evrything she knows and has told Nate until they find out that Mortmain has put a block of sorts on Jessamine's mind to make sure she does not tell The Clave, the community of all of the shadowhunters in London, where he is. I left off a few minor details so I don't ruin the whole story. But after that Jessamine gets put in the cells of The City of Bones, deep,deep underground. The Institute is almost out of time to find Mortmain or else Gabriel Lightwood will get it, which is a terrible thing because we also find out that Mortmain needs medicine for his illness, demon pox,  and it just so happens that Mortmain has that medicine and to get it Gabriel has to acquire the institute and the  Mortmain will have the Shadowhunter community dead. With all of this going on, Tessa finds herself choosing between 2 boys, Will and Jem. Will and Jem are both in love with Tessa and Tessa finds herself caring for both of them. Towards the end, skipping a lot of information about what happens, Jem proposes to Tessa. In the Shadow World, it is normal to get married at a very young age because they don't know how long they will be around. I really recommend this book and find out what happens inbetween the gaps in my summary!



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